dead rs6, meet 1000nm volvo: a tragedy in 4 acts

I inherited my dad's old '89 volvo 740 a few months ago, the plan was to airbag it and cruise around slowly for a while, then LS swap - its pretty much a bolt in kit build with parts from the US and I already have a spare tr6060 gearbox to use. Easy. Relatively cheap as I just need a used ls2 from a...